CIARTIC Move

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Repeated manual C-arm positioning

Most surgical teams routinely perform multiple image-guided procedures within tight OR schedules. During the procedures, the C-arm frequently needs to be repositioned accurately to give surgeons the exact anatomical views they require. With conventional mobile C-arms, this repeated manual positioning can be stressful, time-consuming, and prone to error.

Smith T, et al. (2022) | Cost of Operating Room Time is $46.04 Dollars per Minute.

Intraoperative inefficiencies and waiting times

OR departments are not immune to the staff shortages affecting many healthcare systems today. Frequent unavailability of staff trained to operate the C-arm can cause inefficiencies and unplanned waiting times.

Marć M, et al. (2018) | A nursing shortage – A prospect of global and local policies.

Physically demanding daily routine

Surgical teams have to perform physically demanding work. Manually steering heavy imaging systems around the OR and between rooms is a major contributor to this physical burden.

Sarafis P. (2016) | The impact of occupational stress on nurses’ caring behaviors and their health-related quality of life.

CIARTIC Move is a new class of self-driving mobile 3D C-arm that has the potential to address operational challenges related to intraoperative imaging caused by staff shortages and overloaded surgical teams in the OR.¹ The system unburdens OR teams by automating intraoperative imaging workflows. It effectively reduces the time¹, effort, and workforce capacity needed to move and position the system.

Move automatically:
- Accelerate and standardize 2D and 3D imaging in the OR.
Move independently:
- Avoid idle times and delays in the OR.
Move effortlessly:
- Reduce the physical burden of working in the OR.

Discover the highlights of CIARTIC Move

Fully motorized chassis with holonomic wheels

The motorized chassis is a key enabler for all automation features. Holonomic wheels allow floating-like movements in every direction.

Position Assist

Store and recall up to 12 procedure-specific 2D or 3D C-arm positions, plus the corresponding imaging parameters.

Park Assist

Send CIARTIC Move to a park position when you need more space at the OR table. Call it back at the touch of a button when you need it again.

ISO Assist

Adjust the distance of the detector to the patient without losing your anatomical field of view.

Smart Control

Operate the system independently, even from within the sterile field.¹

Active sensing technology

Benefit from collision protection for increased safety, whenever the system is in motion.

Touch-sense handles

Reduce the physical burden of working in the OR: Steer the system effortlessly, thanks to motor-assisted movements.

Retina 3D

Benefit from precise 3D visualization of anatomical structures and metallic objects with excellent image quality.

32” 4K touch monitor and new touch interfaces

Use the large 4K touch monitor to display X-ray images in native resolution and sharply visualize anatomical structures.

Save intraoperative imaging time with CIARTIC Move¹

A preclinical study involving 14 orthopedic and spine surgeons compared the operational capabilities of CIARTIC Move with a conventional C-arm in three anatomical regions (spine, pelvis, and distal radius) using 10 human specimens.

The goal of this study was to assess the following:

Whether the remote control would allow a single surgeon to operate the system independently from within the sterile field.
Whether the ability of CIARTIC Move to return to saved positions at the touch of a button would reduce intraoperative imaging time compared using a conventional C-arm for the same procedure.

This example of a clinical workflow for pelvic surgery shows how CIARTIC Move can save intraoperative imaging time compared to a conventional mobile C-arm. By leveraging features like Position Assist, Park Assist, and Smart Control, surgeons can operate the C-arm independently and efficiently.¹

"I remember a complex fracture of the elbow and forearm. It’s hard to find the previous C-arm positions in a case like that.So it was ...

... a real gamechanger for me whenI realized I just had to press the button to return to an earlier position.”

Professor Paul Alfred Grützner, MD
Medical Director
BG Klinik Ludwigshafen

“The ability to find the location for a perfect image over and over again, to bring in the C-arm and ...

... use Position Assist to find the right position efficiently – this is a tremendous improvement on what we currently have.”

Kornelis Poelstra, MD, PhD
Orthopedic and Neurological Spine Surgeon
Las Vegas, NV

“… Positioning C-arms is always very difficult because the surgeon’s view is often different to the person who is operating the system ...

... As a surgeon, it’s obviously a huge benefit to be able to position the C-arm from within the sterile field and get the view you actually need from your own vantage point.”

Nina Renner, MD
Senior Physician, Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery
Universitätsklinikum Erlangen

CIARTIC Move supports a range of surgical procedures with intraoperative 2D and 3D imaging.

Calcaneus surgery

Tibia surgery

Acetabulum sugery

Cervical spine surgery

Lumbar spine surgery

Calcaneus surgery

Open reduction and internal fixation using a modified sinus tarsi approach; fixation using a VA locking calcaneal plate, defect filling with allogenic cancellous bone.